We knew the new Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer would create waves in the fashion world but we didn’t how quickly they would reach our shore. Dr. Michaella Janse van Vuuren is a creative thinker who actually found paradise in the system’s colorful, multi-material properties.

Hailing from South Africa, Michaella has been working with 3D printing technology as a way to fuse her passion for art and design with her technical background in engineering. This is reflected in her design firm, NOMILI, and as a driving force behind Agents of the 3D Revolution, which supports artists who use 3D printing in their work.

Michaella has re-envisioned the Garden of Eden story and this time, it’s Eve who subjugates the serpent. Working from this central theme, she has created a unique fashion collection featuring bright, colorful pieces that use composite PolyJet digital materials and multi-material properties including rigid, flexible, and transparent to redefine 3D printed fashion technology.

Fantastically, almost all the pieces are 3D printed in one print run – no assembly required.

Van Vuuren’s project work, in collaboration with Stratasys and the Norwegian 3D software maker Uformia, included eye-catching bracelets, ankle-bands, shoes and corsets in a range of bright colors that draw inspiration from nature, but at the same time represent a completely new approach to fashion design.

“This is the first time that I’m using a 3D printing technology that truly allows me to make something so close to an end product,” says van Vuuren.

Thanks for your question! If you follow the link http://ow.ly/uM8EX, you can watch an interview with Dr. Michaella Janse van Vuuren in which she describes the flexible, rigid and transparent materials she used in 3D printing the corset.